Improvement in cigar-pouches



C. BONDY.

crGAn-POUCH.

Patented Apr125,1876.

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UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.A

CHARLES BONDY, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR-PoucHEs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,457, dated April25, 1876; application tiled March 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES BONDY, of NewYork city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andl m proved Package for Cigars, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure l is a perspective View ot' my in proved package, showing itfilled with cigars. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe same, and Fig. 3 aperspective View of an open cigar-box Iilled with my improved style ofpackage.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures.

The object ot' this invention is to provide a convenient and inexpensivereceptacle for a small number of cigars, which receptacle will keep theseveral cigars properly separated, and will facilitate the carriage ofthe cigars in the pocket after they have been removed from the box.

My invention consists in-the construction of a partitioned exible pouchclosed at one end and open at the other, and made shorter than thecigars which it is intended to receive, substantially as hereinaftermore fully described.

The letter A in the drawing represents my improved partitioned pouch.The same is made of paper or other iiexible fabric, which may, ifdesired, be lined or covered with tinfoil, to more perfectly confine themoisture in the cigars contained in said pouch. The interior of thispouch is, by transverse partitions a b, divided into a series of, say,three, four, or live compartments, d d, each compartment being adaptedto receive one cigar. The pouch is made shorter than the cigars Which itig intended to receive, so that the pointed cilds ot' the latter mayproject from the pouch, in the manner clearly shown in the drawing. Iintend to till the cigar-box B with cigars that areV already packed inthe improved pouches above described, as shown in Fig. 3, so that theowner ofthe cigar-box may take his dailysupply from the box in one ofthe pouches, and carry it conveniently therein until the pouch has beencompletely emptied, the pouch serving to protect the cigars in thepocket against abrasion, while in the box it serves to keep the cigarsin shape, and also to retain lthe moisture in them, and thus to preventtheir deterioration by long confinement in the box.

I claim as my invention- As an improved article of manufact-ure, theflexible pouch A, made with partitions a, b, to constitute compartmentsd d for cigars, said pouch being closed at one end and open at theother, and made shorter than the cigars which it is intended to contain,substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES BONDY. Witnesses:

ERNEST C. WEBB, OTTO A. WEIDNER.

